CARING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caring mean? 

• CARING (noun)
  The noun CARING has 1 sense:

1. a loving feeling

  Familiarity information: CARING used as a noun is very rare.

• CARING (adjective)
  The adjective CARING has 1 sense:

1. feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others

  Familiarity information: CARING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loving feeling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

caring; lovingness

Hypernyms ("caring" is a kind of...):

love (a strong positive emotion of regard and affection)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caring"):

warmheartedness; warmth (a warmhearted feeling)

Derivation:

care (feel concern or interest)

caring (feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others)

• CARING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others

Context example:

caring friends

Similar:

compassionate (showing or having compassion)

Derivation:

caring (a loving feeling)

 Context examples 

Over the past two years, you’ve learned a great deal about the nature of love and caring for your partner and possibly for children, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Aye, there she comes, continued Mrs. Bennet, looking as unconcerned as may be, and caring no more for us than if we were at York, provided she can have her own way.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

A health professional who specializes in caring for the teeth, gums, and other tissues in the mouth.

(Dentist, NCI Dictionary)

A registered nurse with a vascular specialty encompassing caring for patients with a variety of arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases.

(Certified Vascular Nurse, NCI Thesaurus)

The carter was mad with fury; and without looking about him, or caring what he was about, struck again at the sparrow; but killed his third horse as he done the other two.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The science of breeding and caring for farm animals.

(Animal Husbandry, NCI Thesaurus)

Caring for someone who has Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be stressful and overwhelming.

(Alzheimer's Caregivers, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

A question about whether an individual needs or needed help in caring for themselves.

(Need Help in Caring for Self, NCI Thesaurus)

A doctor who specializes in caring for women during pregnancy and childbirth.

(Obstetrician, NCI Dictionary)

Nursing that focuses on treating and caring for people who have cancer.

(Oncology Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)